Techventure: New Rules on Value and Profit from Silicon Valley

by The Kellogg Techventure Team, Ranjay Gulati, Mohan Sawhney, et al.

Drawn from the popular TechVenture program at the Kellogg School of Management, this book provides a deep understanding of the key finance and business trends in e-commerce Viewing Silicon Valley as a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471414247
• ISBN13: 9780471414247
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 6.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A Good Read!

At first glance, Tech-Venture seems like a nostalgic flashback to early 2000. A quick skim through its pages reveals statements like: "Old economy valuation methods, such as discounted cash flows and comparable company multiples, are ineffective for New Economy companies." But don't be fooled, this book is more than just an obsolete relic of the bubble. Once you get past the sections devoted to high-tech start-ups, you'll find a thoughtful examination of technology's role in such critical 21st-century business mainstays as customer relationship management and supply-chain management. For this intelligent analysis, along with equally interesting chapters identifying technologies likely to spawn future revolutions, we from getAbstract recommend this book to managers in business development and technology.

Insights in every chapter

TechVenture packs more insightful analysis into every chapter than any other book I've read recently. The chapters on Value and Wireless E-Business alone are worth the price of the book. It's good to see a realistic look toward profitability (at last!) and to have that realism temper a forward-looking work like this is a pleasure indeed. Bravo!